Category: Cybersecurity

Krista Macomber, The Futurum Group Senior Analyst, covers AWS re:Inforce, the annual security conference hosted by AWS. re:Inforce focused on the shared responsibility model and the importance of security in cloud computing. The conference highlighted AWS' efforts to secure its infrastructure and assist customers in using the cloud securely. AWS emphasized its commitment to security with developments like the AWS Nitro System and Firecracker, as well as tools such as Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Detective, and AWS Security Hub, which enhance security and compliance visibility. The conference aimed to address security challenges and reinforce the shared responsibility between AWS and its customers.
In our latest Report, BMC AMI Cloud: Empowering Mainframe Data Management in the Hybrid Cloud Era, done in partnership with BMC, we detail the challenges of both traditional and hybrid storage solutions, and how enterprises can efficiently manage storage operations and drive operational success.
In our latest research brief, The Ultimate Cloud Native Security Guide: Approaches to Strengthen Digital Trust and Protect Your Business, done in partnership with SUSE, we analyze the current approach to strengthening digital trust and the challenges facing businesses in today’s increasingly dynamic and disruptive landscape of cybersecurity threats.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall explores why Oracle’s distributed cloud strategy with sovereign cloud deployment options, such as new EU Sovereign Cloud, is the optimal approach to fulfill the various needs of customers. The EU Sovereign Cloud is located entirely within the EU, supported by EU-based personnel, and operated by separate legal entities incorporated within the EU. Integral to OCI’s distributed cloud strategy, EU Sovereign Cloud is ready to provide a new option to fulfill key regulatory data sovereignty requirements.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the collaboration between GlobalFoundries and Lockheed Martin directly benefits from the duo’s trusted partner status across the aerospace and defense industries, reaffirming the national security credentials of the partnership in reliably and securely providing the semiconductors vital to mission-critical security systems.
Dave Raffo and Krista Macomber, Senior Analysts at The Futurum Group, cover NetApp’s announcements at its NetApp Analyst Summit on the company’s strategy for bringing customers along in a hybrid multicloud world.
The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens offers his take on the new AWS Payment Cryptography focusing to simplify cryptographic functions and key management for payment processing, ensuring PCI compliance.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall explores why AT&T and Cisco are meeting the new demands of the hybrid workforce era through their new joint offerings highlighted by mobile-first capabilities such as native integration of Webex Calling with the AT&T Mobile Network, SD-WAN with add-on 5G and broadband, and self-service digital purchasing experiences aimed specifically at SMBs including Cisco Meraki cloud-managed solutions.
The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall examines why Cisco can be the trusted partner that enterprises rely on to advance their AI-powered security cloud journey. Cisco Secure Access in combination with new security offerings such as Cisco Firewall 4200 Series, Cisco Multicloud Defense, and Panoptica, fulfill the topmost security priorities of enterprises, assuring that the security and IT teams can streamline their overall security implementations by delivering swifter detection and response, single cloud-managed console, and common access experience capabilities.
The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens and Senior Analyst Krista Macomber offers their take on the latest announcements from Commvault and how Commvault's focus on cyber-resiliency and active defense through its ThreatWise solution is a significant step in the evolving landscape of data protection.
The Futurum Group analysts Daniel Newman and Todd R. Weiss share their insights as Broadcom revenue in Q2 2023 hit $8.73B, beating estimates as the semiconductor and infrastructure software vendor reported its latest earnings on June 1 as its $61 billion acquisition of VMware appears to be heading to completion later this year.
The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens offers his take on the introduction of Azure Linux, an optimized container host OS for AKS, marks a notable shift for the company.

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